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Thursday, August 25, 2016

A really strong post-Olympics week continued for the unscripted staples on broadcast. It may have helped that NBC moved its live America's Got Talent (2.1) from the 8:00 logjam into the 9:00 hour, though it still had a recap (1.4) do nice business at 8/7c. Talent led into an above-average showing from The Night Shift (1.1) at 10/9c.

On CBS, Big Brother (2.0) broke a two for just the second time this season, while its lead-outs Criminal Minds (R) (0.7) and American Gothic (0.5) had tiny upticks as well.

And Fox's MasterChef (1.2/1.4) had its own high-end night as it returned from hiatus; the 9:00 episode would represent a new season high, assuming it is counted separately in finals.

On ABC, it was The Goldbergs' turn for a Wednesday comedy marathon (0.9/0.8/0.8/0.8), and it saw a pretty big uptick over what Fresh Off the Boat and The Real O'Neals did the last couple weeks against the Olympics. Modern Family (0.9) and Black-ish (0.7) were also improved in the 10:00 hour.

And the CW had more Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.4) and Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.4 original/0.4 repeat).

FULL TABLE:

Name

A18-49

Skew

Last

Lastn

LeLa

wy2y

TLa

Ty2y

True

Last

The Goldbergs (R)

0.8

30%

+60%

-11%

1.24

The Goldbergs (R)

0.8

33%

+60%

0%

1.29

The Goldbergs (R)

0.8

37%

+60%

-27%

1.16

The Goldbergs (R)

0.8

41%

+60%

-11%

1.22

Modern Family (R)

0.9

41%

+50%

+29%

1.35

Black-ish (R)

0.7

40%

+17%

0%

1.10

ABC:

+50%

-6%

Big Brother Wed

2.1

41%

+17%

+0.3

0%

+17%

0%

2.54

+0.29

Criminal Minds (R)

0.7

27%

+17%

-13%

0.95

American Gothic

0.5

25%

+25%

+0.1

+0.1

+25%

-38%

0.92

-0.01

CBS:

+18%

-11%

America's Got Talent (R)

1.4

24%

-76%

-13%

1.79

America's Got Talent Wed

2.1

25%

+17%

+0.3

+31%

-64%

+110%

2.22

+0.14

The Night Shift

1.1

25%

+22%

+0.2

+0.3

-81%

0%

1.19

+0.27

NBC:

-74%

+24%

MasterChef

1.3

40%

+8%

+0.1

-7%

+117%

-7%

1.75

+0.51

MasterChef

1.4

43%

+133%

+75%

1.65

Fox:

+125%

+23%

Penn and Teller: Fool Us

0.4

34%

+33%

+0.1

-20%

+33%

-20%

0.54

+0.10

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

0.4

40%

0%

0.0

0.0

0%

+100%

+33%

0.52

-0.04

Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)

0.4

45%

+100%

+33%

0.55

CW:

+60%

0%

All:

-36%

+8%

Greenleaf

0.64

39%

+10%

+0.06

Suits

0.42

29%

0%

0.00

-29%

Mr. Robot

0.30

51%

+20%

+0.05

-36%

Tyrant

0.21

33%

+62%

+0.08

-46%

The full table can be sorted by clicking any of the category names at the top. Hover over 'Last', 'y2y' and timeslot numbers for more information on the previous episode(s) being compared.